Iran conflict


Sunday, October 18, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
Defense

Iran Urges US To Accept Proposal To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz

DUBAI, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Iran’s offer to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days is still on the table, Foreign

October 18, 2026
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Saturday, October 17, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
Shipping

Iran’s Guards Say Two Tankers Hit Mines In Strait Of Hormuz

DUBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Saturday that two oil tankers had caught fire after hitting naval mines

October 17, 2026
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Friday, October 16, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
Featured

Fog of War Deepens in Hormuz as UKMTO Says Most Ship Attacks Go Unreported

Conflicting traffic figures and competing claims of control are making it increasingly difficult to establish what’s happening in the Strait of Hormuz,

October 16, 2026
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Aerial view of a heavy loaded crude oil tanker traveling over open ocean during sunset time
Shipping

Supertanker Rates Fall from Record Highs

The cost ?of shipping oil on the largest tankers fell this week from record highs as demand eased following a wave of attacks on vessels in the Middle East

October 16, 2026
Total Views: 729

Laden crude oil tanker approaches the port of Qingdao, China in the morning fog. Photo credit: Shutterstock/Igor Grochev
News

IEA Moves to Accelerate Oil Reserve Releases as Hormuz Crisis Drags On

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has agreed to accelerate the release of approximately 100 million barrels of emergency oil stocks, including more than 20

October 16, 2026
Total Views: 506

Thursday, October 15, 2026
ontainer ship listing heavily in the water with thick black smoke pouring from its superstructure as a tugboat operates alongside.
News

U.S. Claims Control of Hormuz as Ship Attacks Hit New High

U.S. Central Command says the United States and its regional partners control the Strait of Hormuz, citing more than 40 commercial ships moving through the

October 15, 2026
Total Views: 2894

How the Houthis are Helping Iran Turn Saudi Arabia Into a Pressure Point
News

How the Houthis are Helping Iran Turn Saudi Arabia Into a Pressure Point

The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are about more than

October 15, 2026
Total Views: 835

FILE PHOTO: Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates
Shipping

Oil Shipping Costs Spike, Lifting Prices from Pump to Grocery

When the oil supertanker Esteem Explorer sails from the United States to Japan in late November, loaded with about 2 million barrels of crude, the journey

October 15, 2026
Total Views: 931

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Ship Fuel Market Fragments as Middle East Conflict Hits Trade

Shipowners are facing an increasingly fragmented fuel market as disruptions triggered by the Middle East conflict raise concerns about the availability and

October 15, 2026
Total Views: 387

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Dhow engulfed in flames in the Gulf of Oman, sending a massive plume of thick black smoke into the sky following a U.S. military strike on October 6, 2026.
Defense

U.S. Forces Destroy Iranian-Linked Dhow Accused of Targeting Navy Ships

U.S. forces destroyed an Iranian-affiliated dhow in the Gulf of Oman on October 6 after determining that the vessel was conducting surveillance and helping

October 14, 2026
Total Views: 3665

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
News

Bulk Carrier Sinks Weeks After Deadly Strait of Hormuz Strike

By Jonathan Saul and Renee Maltezou LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – A container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the

October 14, 2026
Total Views: 1628

lng carrier natural gas
News

Qatar Rewrites Its Gas Playbook With Old Tankers and New Tactics

Six months into a war that sowed upheaval in the Persian Gulf, Qatar found itself stuck. By late August, even limited shipments from the gas

October 14, 2026
Total Views: 1364

ontainer ship listing heavily in the water with thick black smoke pouring from its superstructure as a tugboat operates alongside.
News

Containership Sinks as Hormuz Attacks Spiral Out of Control

A Singapore-flagged containership has sunk after being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, as a widening series of attacks on merchant shipping

October 14, 2026
Total Views: 6116

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Two tankers with Saudi oil exit Red Sea over weekend, data shows
News

Saudi Arabia Strikes Houthi Targets as Red Sea War Escalates

Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis said Saudi Arabia was attacking the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday after a Saudi-led coalition warned civilians to stay away from

October 13, 2026
Total Views: 1442

File image shows the Chinese-flagged VLCC Cosnew Lake supertanker
Shipping

Supertankers Turn From Gulf Oil Transfer Hub Amid Iran’s Attacks

A growing number of empty supertankers have been turning away from the Persian Gulf as escalating Iranian attacks threaten a critical transfer hub for wartime

October 13, 2026
Total Views: 1326

Monday, October 12, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam
News

Six Ships Struck in Single Day as Hormuz Attacks Accelerate

Six commercial vessels were reported struck in and around the Strait of Hormuz on October 11, including five tankers and a container ship, as attacks on

October 12, 2026
Total Views: 3044

Sunday, October 11, 2026
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
Shipping

Iran Says US Response To Its Proposal To Reopen Hormuz Was ‘Insufficient’

DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The United States’ response to Iran’s seven conditions in a proposal to reopen the strategic Strait

October 11, 2026
Total Views: 2591

Soho Square, a crude oil tanker, is at anchor in the Galveston Bay
Energy

Republican Senator Says Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal May Be Illegal

By Jan Wolfe Oct 11 (Reuters) – Republican US Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said President Donald Trump’s diesel supply deal with Russia may

October 11, 2026
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Thermal imagery showing an explosion near the stern of a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman during a U.S. military strike on October 10, 2026.
News

More Tankers Hit in Hormuz as U.S. Strikes Cargo Ship

October 11, 2026
Total Views: 10037

Saturday, October 10, 2026
Smoke and fire rise from a commercial cargo vessel following a strike following a US military strike in a location given as the Gulf of Oman
Defense

US Says It Disabled Cargo Vessel Trying To Run Iran Blockade

Oct 10 (Reuters) – The US military said on Saturday it had disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the ship’s crew

October 10, 2026
Total Views: 3510